Breast and pole strap fastener.



No. 747,012. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903. E. Z. SMITHPETBR. BREAST AND POLESTRAP FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1902.

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the accompanying device connected with a neck-yoke and breast-straps.'view of the parts shown in Fig.

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ELY ZEBULON SMITHPETER, OF BOGARD, MISSOURI.

BREAST AN D POLE STRAP FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,012, d t d D mb 15,1903.

Application filed August 28,1902. Serial No. 121,390. (No model.)

To (all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, E-LY ZnBULoN SMITH- PETER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bogard, in the county of Carroll and State ofMissouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-YokeAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

The usual means for connecting harness with the neck-yoke of a lo mberor other heavy wagon is a breast-strap which passes through a ring onthe neck-yoke, its ends being attached to the hames of a collar, thesaid strap being thus bent at an acute angle where it passes through theneck-yoke ring, so that it is subject to great strain and rapid wear atthat point. I have devised an improvement whereby ad vantages areobtained in respect to wear and ease and rapidity of hitching andu'nhitching the team.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation are ashereinafter described, reference being had to accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved coupling with breast andpole straps attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the coupling Fig.3 is a front view representing Fig. 4 is a side In the several figures,A indicates the coupling device, which is attached to the ring B of aneck-yoke C, and D and E indicate, respectively, the breast-straps,which in practiceextend to the left and right hames of the collar on thenear horse. Itwill' be understood that these straps D and E may beattached to the rings on the hames in any preferred manner. The couplingdevice is constructed of metal having due tensile strength and rigidity,and comprises three loops 1, 2, and 3, which are arranged practically intriangular relation. The loops 1 and 2, with which the breast-straps Dand E are connected, are bent upward at an acute angle to each other,while the loop 3, to which the pole or holdback strap F is secured,projects ing detached from the coupling proper.

Fig. 4, which allows the loop of the left-hand breast-strap D to slidearound into the position indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 4, when thecoupling, with the attached strap F, is suspended from the left name ofthe collar, as when the team is unhitched.

The loop 2 is made much smaller than the loop lsay about one-half thesize thereof and the right-hand breast-strap E is detachably connectedtherewith by means of a snaphook e. When the coupling A is applied tothe neck-yoke ring B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the small loop 2 ispassed through said ring, which slides into place in the angle of thetwo loops 1 and 2 and is directly in line with the rear loop 3, to whichthe holdback-strap is attached. The snap-hook e is designed to be ofsuch size as to prevent the neck-yoke ring B from sliding over it, andthus becom- As shown, the coupling A is a permanent attachment of theleft-hand breast-strap D and the holdloack-strap F. It will beunderstood that the latter will in practice be provided, as usual, witha loop at its rear or inner end, through which the girth or bellyband ofthe harness will pass, the said strap thus extending from the girthbetween the front legs of the horse and over the' breast of the same inthe usual way. The neck-yoke ring B being in line with said strap F, asbefore stated, it is apparent that the tension or draft applied inholding back is also in a direct line. In hitching up, the girth ispassed through the rear loop on the holdback-strap .F, and the smallloop 2 of the couplingA being passed through the neck-yoke ring B thesnap-hook is immediately engaged with said loop, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. For unhitching it is obvious that it is simply necessary to detachthe snap-hook from the loop 2 of the coupling, when the latter will fallout of the ring B and remain suspended from the left hame of the nearhorse, with the holdback-strap F attached. It is to be under- I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the neck-yoke, and a ring secured thereto, ofthe attachment comprising a metal coupling device consisting of threeloops, two of which are arranged projecting upward at an angle to eachother and in front of the third loop, which is relatively horizontal,and breast-straps and a pole-strap attached to the respective loops, oneof said breast-straps having a detachable connectingdevice,substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the coupling device having twoloops, 1 and 2, arranged directly opposite each other and projectingupward at an acute angle, and one of them made of less dimensions thanthe other, to adapt it to pass through the ring of a neck-yoke, and athird loop 3, projecting rearward horizontally from the junction with.the two first-named loops, all being constructed integrally, as shownand described.

3. The improved coupling device for the purpose specified, comprising arear loop, and two other loops projecting upward at an acute angle toeach other, one of them having a straight rear side and a curved frontside, substantially as shown and described.

.ELY ZEBULON SMITHPETER Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. VAUGHN, D. C. SUGG.

